Apple and Berry Crumble is an easy fruit dessert with apples, berries, and a buttery crumb topping. Use fresh fruit for a homemade version, or save time with a semi-homemade version using frozen berries and apple pie filling.
🤔 What fruit can I use in Apple and Berry Crumble?
- Berries (fresh or frozen): Blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, strawberries, or mixed berries.
- Apples: Use fresh apples or a can of apple or other fruit pie filling.
Mix and match your favorite fruits to make this crumble any time of year.
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- 📋 TL;DR — Recipe Summary
- 🍏 Ingredients
- 👨🍳 Quick Overview: How to Make Apple and Berry Crumble
- 🍎 Using Fresh Apples
- 🫐 What Berries to Use?
- 👍 Variations and Options
- ↕️ How to Make This a “For Two” or Family-Size Recipe
- 📆 Making Ahead
- 🍽️ Serving
- ❄️ Storing Leftovers
- ❓ FAQs
- 📖 Crisp and Crumble Recipes
- 📖The Recipe Card
📋 TL;DR — Recipe Summary
What is it? An easy baked fruit dessert with apples, berries, and a buttery crumb topping.
Why you'll love it? A flexible recipe using fresh fruit or a shortcut version with frozen berries and pie filling. Easily adjusted for two or a family-size dessert.
How to make it? Mix the fruit filling, add the crumb topping, and bake until golden brown and bubbling.
🍏 Ingredients
- Berries — Fresh or frozen blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, strawberries, or mixed berries.
- Apples — Use fresh apples for a homemade crumble or apple pie filling for a quick semi-homemade version.
- Sugar and cinnamon — Sweeten and flavor the fruit filling.
- Crumb topping — Flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, and butter combine to make the buttery crumble topping.
👨🍳 Quick Overview: How to Make Apple and Berry Crumble
1. Prepare the crumble topping with flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, and melted butter.
2. Prepare fresh apples and coat with sugar, flour, and cinnamon, or use apple pie filling. Mix with fresh or frozen berries and season with sugar and cinnamon.
3. Pour the fruit mixture into a baking dish and top with the crumble topping. Bake until golden brown and bubbling around the edges, about 45 minutes.
For more details, keep reading. See the Recipe Card below for complete instructions and to print.
🍎 Using Fresh Apples
To use fresh apples: Peel and slice 4 large or 5–6 medium apples to make about 5 cups of slices. Toss with lemon juice, then coat with a mixture of sugar, flour, and cinnamon.
Best apples: Granny Smith and Gala are excellent choices. Honeycrisp, Ida Red, and Roma also work well. Mixing varieties adds flavor and texture. Avoid Red Delicious and Macintosh, which can become soft when baked.
Fresh apples provide the best flavor and texture, but you can substitute a can of apple pie filling for a quick semi-homemade version.
🫐 What Berries to Use?
Fresh or frozen blueberries are the most common choice, but blackberries, raspberries, strawberries, or mixed berries also work well. If using strawberries, cut them into smaller pieces before baking.
Frozen berries work just as well as fresh and do not need to be thawed.
👍 Variations and Options
- Different fruit: Use peach pie filling instead of apple pie filling.
- Make it a crisp: Add ¼ cup quick oats to the topping and reduce the flour by the same amount.
- Add nuts: Mix ¼ cup sliced almonds, chopped walnuts, or chopped pecans into the crumble topping. Reduce the flour by the same amount.
- Change the flavor: Replace half the sugar in the apple mixture with brown sugar or add ¼ teaspoon vanilla or allspice.
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↕️ How to Make This a “For Two” or Family-Size Recipe
The full recipe makes about 6 servings and fits nicely in an 8-by-8 or 6-by-9 baking dish.
- Use the recipe card to adjust the number of servings.
- Use the ingredient amounts in the recipe card, not the instructions, which do not adjust automatically.
- A half recipe fits in a 6-inch round baking dish or 2 to 3 ramekins for individual servings.
- A double recipe fits in a 9-by-13 baking dish.
Bake until the topping is golden brown and the fruit is bubbling around the edges. A half recipe may cook a little faster, while a double recipe may take a few extra minutes.
📆 Making Ahead
Fresh baked is best, but you can prepare the components ahead of time. Store the crumble topping in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 1 week. The fruit filling can be prepared up to 2 days ahead and refrigerated separately.
You can also bake the crumble ahead of time and reheat in a 300°F oven for 10 to 15 minutes before serving.
🍽️ Serving
Serve warm, topped with whipped cream or a scoop of vanilla or butter pecan ice cream.
❄️ Storing Leftovers
Store covered in the refrigerator for 2 to 3 days or freeze for up to 3 months. Reheat in the oven until warmed through.
❓ FAQs
Yes. Any fruit pie filling will work, including peach, cherry, blueberry, or mixed fruit pie filling.
No. Frozen berries can be added directly to the filling without thawing.
A cobbler has a biscuit or cake-like topping. Crumbles and crisps are very similar, but a crisp usually contains oats in the topping while a crumble does not. The terms are often used interchangeably.
Blueberries are the most common choice, but blackberries, raspberries, strawberries, and mixed berries all work well. Use fresh or frozen berries based on what you have available.
📖 Crisp and Crumble Recipes
If you enjoy fruit crumbles and crisps, try Easy Old Fashioned Apple Crisp, Small Crock Pot Apple Crisp, and Berry Crisp for Two.
📖The Recipe Card
Apple and Berry Crumble
Ingredients
- 1 cup flour
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ cup butter - one stick
- 21 oz apple pie filling - one can
- ⅓ cup sugar
- 1½ teaspoon cinnamon - less is ok
- 4 cups Fresh or frozen berries - mixed, blueberries, or others.
Step-by-Step Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- Prepare the crumble topping. Combine 1 cup of all-purpose flour, ½ cup of brown sugar, and ½ teaspoon of cinnamon. Melt 1 stick (½ cup) of butter in the microwave and mix it into the dry mixture.
- To use fresh apples instead of pie filling: Peel and slice apples. Use 4 large or 5-6 medium apples to make about 5 cups of apple slices. Mix ¾ cup of sugar, 4 tablespoons of flour, and 1 teaspoon of cinnamon. Coat the apple slices with 1 tablespoon of lemon juice. Sprinkle with the sugar mixture and stir to coat.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine 4 cups of fresh berries (or two 12-ounce bags of frozen berries), the fresh apple mixture (or one 21-ounce can of apple pie filling), ⅓ cup sugar, and 1½ teaspoons cinnamon.
- Pour the berry mixture into an 8 by 8 or 6 by 9 baking dish. Top with the crumb mixture.
- Bake until golden brown and bubbling around the edges, about 45 minutes.
- Allow to cool for a few minutes and serve warm with ice cream or whipped cream.
Recipe Notes
Pro Tips
- This works fine in an 8 by 8 or 9 by 6 baking dish. You can use a 9-inch round also. A 9 by 9 will just be thinner but taste fine.
- A double recipe will fit nicely in a 9 by 13 cake pan. For a half recipe, please see the discussion in the post.
- Make ahead instructions are in the post.
- Store covered in the refrigerator for 2 to 3 days or freeze for up to 3 months.
Your Own Private Notes
To adjust the recipe size:
You can adjust the number of servings above; however, only the amount in the ingredient list is adjusted, not the instructions.
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Originally Published June 26, 2016. Updated with expanded options, refreshed photos, and a table of contents to help navigation.
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